Answering Your Own Thread To Get It On The New Answers Page: Classic Or Dud?

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Blatantly a symptom of the slide of our society into inconsiderate and thoughtless self-gratification.

― Tom (Groke), Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Not that it's going to stop me.

― Tom, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

I didn't know of the existence of the new answers page until yesterday.

― Ed, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

More a symptom of our society's disgraceful slide into nannyism. I mean, people do have the intelligence and foresight to look on the front page occasionally, don't they? I blame it on the encroachment of the Welfare State into every aspect of our lives. How long will this be allowed to continue?

― Johnathan, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

blatant attempt to climb the stats cock. (hey, i broke the top 10 on ILM, only because Josh hardly posts now and then only to call Tom a Cockfarmer). On ILE i am treading water in the lower reaches of the top 20.

― gareth, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Dud because it'll get there eventually anyway. I only do it if it's something I want to see answered quickly or if I've genuinely forgotten to say something.

― Greg, Sunday, 2 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Answering your own thread just to get it on the new answers page is stupid. Answering your own thread cos you actually have an answer and want to hear yourself speak, that's fantastic.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

You hear your postings?????

― Ronan, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

Yes, the other voices read it to me.

― Ally, Tuesday, 4 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link

one year passes...

DUD. but i'm confused about something: weren't new questions coming up as highlighted on new answers?? i just did a test on chupa's board to see if this was true, and it did not work. graham, did you change this recently or am i trippin

― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 September 2002 00:01 (twenty-one years ago) link

old habits die hard, ron

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 5 September 2002 00:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

it changed recently. oh well.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 5 September 2002 00:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

I broke it when I was changing something just now, but it's fixed now. Didn't notice it got rid of it. Thank you.

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 5 September 2002 00:13 (twenty-one years ago) link

thanks graham. ok that settles it! as there is no need for doing the 'new answers thingy', i move that it be held in contempt!

― ron (ron), Thursday, 5 September 2002 00:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

Some self answers are really funny 1-liners, though. Now there will be no home for them!

― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 5 September 2002 01:33 (twenty-one years ago) link

Now that it has no real benefit at all, a 'new answers' starter is even more classic!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 5 September 2002 09:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

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